Sveriges Unga Muslimer Explained

Sveriges Unga Muslimer
Abbreviation:SUM
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Location:Stockholm Mosque
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Affiliations:Ship to Gaza Sweden
Formerly:Sveriges Muslimska Ungdomsförbund (SMUF)

Sveriges Unga Muslimer (SUM), previously named Sveriges Muslimska Ungdomsförbund (SMUF), is an Islamic youth umbrella organisation in Sweden. The organisation was formed in 1991. SUM itself a member organisation of the following umbrella organisations: the Muslim Council of Sweden, Forum for European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) and Ibn Rushd studieförbund.[1] In 2016 it had about 4000 members.[2]

SUM, along with other Muslim community organisations has its headquarters at Stockholm mosque.[3]

SUM is a supporting organisation to Ship to Gaza Sweden.[4]

The organisation has an annual conference in the Kista district of Stockholm, with about 800-1500 participants aged 15–25.[5]

In 1995, the organisation helped organise the Euro-Islam conference in Lidingö organised on a directive from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This conference resulted in the founding of FEMYSO. According to French islamologist Gilles Kepel the youth section of this conference was dominated by participants with connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and similar forms of ideology, for instance the Young Muslims UK and Jamat-i Islami.[6] However, it later turned out that his information was derived from a smear campaign commissioned by the United Arab Emirates.[7]

In 2003, the organisation received a grant of 400 000 SEK from the Swedish Inheritance Fund for a project on Islamophobia as form of racism.[8]

In 2010, the organisation invited Abdullah Hakim Quick to its annual conference, which was criticised by the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) in a public debate because of his homophobic views. SUM claimed they did not know his opinions on homosexuality. SUM later cancelled the invitation.[9]

In 2011 SUM invited Yvonne Ridley to a seminar in Tensta.[10] She was invited again in 2013 to Muslimska Familjedagarna (translation: "Muslim family days"), an event organised by SUM, Islamic Association in Sweden and Ibn Rushd study company other Muslim community organisation, which was noted by anti-fascist magazine Expo due to Ridley's antisemitic views.[11]

In 2016 SUM criticised that Mehmet Kaplan, a former chairman of SUM who later joined and rose in the ranks of the Green Party, had been forced to resign from his position as Minister for Housing and Urban Development after his connections to Turkish extremists and nationalists were made public.

In the spring of 2016, chairman Rashid Musa criticised the stricter anti-terrorism legislation in then coming into force in Sweden and alleged the legislation discriminated against Muslims in Sweden.[12]

The organisation received state aid from the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (Swedish acronym: MUCF) in the years 2011-2015.[13] SUM had to pay back the government funds for 2016 and 2017 due to the organisation failing to respect the ideals of democracy.[14] [15] A report outlined how sympathisers and activists for extremist movements had leading positions of local chapters of SUM.[16]

In 2017, chairman Rashid Musa led a seminar on Islamophobia organised by the Stockholm chapter of Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) where white people were barred from attending.[17] Lena Rådström Baastad, the secretary of the mother party Swedish Social Democratic Party, commented that the social democrats would never organize an ethnically segregated event.

Member organisations

Leadership & notable members

References

  1. Book: Islam och muslimer i Sverige : en kunskapsöversikt. Larsson, Göran. 2014. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. Sverige. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund.. 9789198061161. Bromma . 81. 941538793.
  2. News: Sveriges Unga Muslimer: Hade aldrig hänt en vit politiker . Jan . Majlard . . 2016-04-19 . 2018-04-17. sv.
  3. Web site: Moskéns hyresgäster Stockholms Moské. www.stockholmsmoske.se. sv-SE. 2018-04-18.
  4. Web site: Stödorganisationer. shiptogaza.se. sv. 2018-09-01.
  5. Web site: Svensk och muslimsk identitet på ung konferens . . Jenny . Hallberg . sv. 2018-04-17 . Radio Sweden på svenska.
  6. Book: Carlbom, Aje. Islamisk aktivism i en mångkulturell kontext – ideologisk kontinuitet eller förändring? / MSB1188. Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency & Malmö University. March 2018 . 9789173838108. 25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331050853/https://www.msb.se/Upload/Kunskapsbank/Studier/Islamisk%20aktivism%20i%20en%20m%c3%a5ngkulturell%20kontext.pdf . 31 March 2018.
  7. News: Dit schimmige bedrijf vernietigde reputaties van Europese moslims . nl . This shadowy company destroyed the reputations of European Muslims . Wilmer Heck and Andreas Kouwenhoven . . July 7, 2023 . July 7, 2023.
  8. Book: [[Mattias Gardell]]. Islam och muslimer i Sverige En utvärdering av trettio projekt finansierade av Arvsfonden 1994–2006. Inheritance Fund (Sweden). May 2010. 74 / Projet 24. https://web.archive.org/web/20140811172626/http://www.arvsfonden.se/sites/default/files/article_reports/utvarderingsrapport_-_islam_och_muslimer_i_sverige.pdf. 11 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Unga muslimer bjuder in homohatare . . P3 Nyheter . Ramin . Farzin . sv. 2018-04-17.
  10. Book: Sandelin, Magnus . Organisationen Sveriges Unga Muslimer - ideologi och koppling till antidemokratiska miljöer. Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 2018. 16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411193701/http://www.mucf.se/sites/default/files/rapport_organisationen_sveriges_unga_muslimer_-_ideologi_och_koppling_till_antidemokratiska_miljoer.pdf . 11 April 2018.
  11. News: Yvonne Ridley i samröre med judehatare. Expo.se. 2018-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421095618/https://expo.se/2013/04/yvonne-ridley-i-samr%C3%B6re-med-judehatare. 21 April 2018. sv.
  12. Web site: Debatt om konsekvenser av ny terrorlagstiftning . P1 Morgon . . sv . 2016-03-28 . 2018-04-17.
  13. Web site: Vi har fått bidrag - Organisationsbidrag, Projektbidrag, EU-bidrag MUCF. www.mucf.se. sv. 2018-04-17.
  14. Web site: Sveriges unga muslimer får inte statsbidrag . . . sv . 2018-04-11 . 2018-04-17.
  15. News: Sveriges unga muslimer nekas nytt statsbidrag. Expressen. 2018-04-17. sv.
  16. Web site: Rapport kritisk mot Sveriges Unga Muslimer . . . Bengt . Hansell . sv . 2018-04-10 . 2018-04-17.
  17. News: Hård kritik mot separatistiskt SSU-möte. Mattsson. Pontus . SVT Nyheter . 2016-09-09 . 2018-07-14. sv.
  18. Book: Sandelin, Magnus. Organisationen Sveriges Unga Muslimer - ideologi och koppling till antidemokratiska miljöer. Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 2018 . 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180411193701/http://www.mucf.se/sites/default/files/rapport_organisationen_sveriges_unga_muslimer_-_ideologi_och_koppling_till_antidemokratiska_miljoer.pdf . 11 April 2018.
  19. Book: Sandelin, Magnus. Organisationen Sveriges Unga Muslimer - ideologi och koppling till antidemokratiska miljöer. Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 2018. 6–7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411193701/http://www.mucf.se/sites/default/files/rapport_organisationen_sveriges_unga_muslimer_-_ideologi_och_koppling_till_antidemokratiska_miljoer.pdf. 11 April 2018.
  20. Book: Sandelin, Magnus. Organisationen Sveriges Unga Muslimer - ideologi och koppling till antidemokratiska miljöer. Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society. 2018. 21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180411193701/http://www.mucf.se/sites/default/files/rapport_organisationen_sveriges_unga_muslimer_-_ideologi_och_koppling_till_antidemokratiska_miljoer.pdf. 11 April 2018.
  21. Book: Islam och muslimer i Sverige : en kunskapsöversikt. Larsson, Göran. 2014. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund. Sverige. Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund.. 9789198061161 . Bromma . 93. 941538793.
  22. Web site: Omar Mustafa, ny generalsekreterare på SUM. 1 March 2010. Sveriges Unga Muslimer. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511150021/http://www.ungamuslimer.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255%3Aomar-mustafa-ny-generalsekreterare-pa-sum&Itemid=53. 11 May 2013.

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